OSHA Inspection: JC CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Aug 27, 2012

Abate by

Sep 11, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1):     Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)    a) Jobsite, Green & American Sts:  Employees were conducting stucco prep operations from a fabricated frame scaffolding approximately 18' above ground level without each working level of the scaffold fully planked and decked, observed on or about 4/18/12.

Issued

Aug 27, 2012

Abate by

Sep 11, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a):     The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    a) Jobsite, Green & American Sts, The employer did not provide each employee performing stucco prep operations from a fabricated frame scaffolding with training to recognize hazards and to understand the procedures to control the hazards associated with scaffolds, on or about 4/18/12.

Issued

Aug 27, 2012

Abate by

Sep 11, 2012

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $6,160

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):     When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.      a) Jobsite, Green & American Sts:  Employees were conducting stucco prep operations from a fabricated frame scaffolding approximately 30' in height without adequate means to safely access the work platform levels beyond the third platform. Portable extension ladders onsite only reached to the third work platform level. Employees were observed working from the fifth work platform level, observed on or about 4/18/12.      JC CONSTRUCTION WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 314232984, CITATION 1, ITEM 1c AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON JUNE 15, 2011 WITH RESPECT TO THE WORKSITE LOCATED AT 1136 S. 23RD ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA

Issued

Aug 27, 2012

Abate by

Sep 11, 2012

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $6,160

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii):     Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.      a) Jobsite, Green & American Sts:  Employees were conducting stucco prep operations from a fabricated frame scaffolding approximately 30' above ground level without each employee being protected from falling by the use of a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system, observed on or about 4/18/12.      JC CONSTRUCTION WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 314232984, CITATION 1, ITEM 1a AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON JUNE 15, 2011 WITH RESPECT TO THE WORKSITE LOCATED AT 1136 S. 23RD ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA